About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0383
  • TitleInduction ceremony
  • SummaryCaption: "Induction ceremony--Newly sworn-in Municipal Court Justice Lewis S. Flagg, left, listens to proceedings during induction ceremony at Central Courts Building in his honor. Seated with him is County Court Judge Hyman Barshay, who presided [and another unidentified man]. Paying tribute to Justice Flagg, the first Negro to be elected to the bench in Brooklyn, were prominent members of the bar, fellow jurists and lay and clerical representatives of Protestant groups."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: caption stamped: Jan. 5, 1954. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFlagg, Lewis S., Jr ; African American judges -- New York (State) -- New York ; Judges -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Portraits: Flagg, Lewis S. Jr